Darling, Jay Norwood (pseudonym J. N. Ding)

US political cartoonist

1876 - Darling was born in Norwood, Michigan, on the 21st of October.

1886 - His family moved to Sioux City, Iowa.

1894 - Studied college at Yankton College in South Dakota.

1895 - Transferred to Beloit College in Wisconsin.

       - Became art editor of the yearbook and began signing his work as a contraction of his last name "Ding".

1900 - He became a reporter for the Sioux City Journal newspaper.

1906 - Married Genevieve Pendleton, he began work with the Des Moines Register and Leader.

1911 - Ding moved to New York.

1913 - Worked with the New York Globe but returned to Des Moines.

1916 - Returned to New York and accepted a position with the New York Herald Tribune.

1919 - Darling returned a final time to Des Moines where he continued his illustrious career as a cartoonist.

1924 - Received the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

1936 - He founded National Wildlife Federation.

1943 - Once again he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.

1692 - Jay Norwood Darling died on 12th of February.